Research Article

Genetic Analysis of the Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Gene Polymorphisms among Essential Hypertensive Patients in Malaysia

Table 5

Allele frequency analysis based on gender.

Alleles of gene polymorphismsEHTEHT + T2DMControl
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale

Insertion/deletionI77497680132155
D17710101611
value0.4560.5510.228
Odds ratio0.647 (0.250–1.674)0.950 (0.374–2.410)0.585 (0.263–1.306)

A191GG77487580128151
A17811102015
value0.6530.8180.215
Odds ratio0.755 (0.303–1.884)852 (0.342–2.123)0.636 (0.313–1.293)

EHT refers to essential hypertensive patients, EHT + T2DM refers to essential hypertensive patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, and control refers to healthy subjects. value > 0.05.